PMP · Question #809
A company has selected a cross-functional team to develop an innovative digital product to drive the digital transformation project for the business. What should the project manager do to ensure busin
The correct answer is C. Break down the deliverables into sprints and deliver value incrementally. To deliver business value early in an innovative digital transformation project with a cross-functional team, the project manager should adopt an agile approach by breaking down deliverables into sprints. This enables incremental delivery of working features, allowing stakeholder
Question
Options
- ACreate robust incentives to the team members to encourage speedy delivery
- BCreate a detailed project plan and escalate delays to the functional managers
- CBreak down the deliverables into sprints and deliver value incrementally
- DFast track the project and monitor tasks closely to ensure timely delivery
How the community answered
(28 responses)- A7% (2)
- B4% (1)
- C75% (21)
- D14% (4)
Why each option
To deliver business value early in an innovative digital transformation project with a cross-functional team, the project manager should adopt an agile approach by breaking down deliverables into sprints. This enables incremental delivery of working features, allowing stakeholders to realize value continuously and provide feedback.
While incentives can motivate, they don't inherently ensure early business value delivery, which comes from the structure and approach of work, not just speed.
A detailed project plan is characteristic of a predictive (waterfall) approach, which typically delivers value only at the very end, counteracting the goal of early business value delivery, especially for innovative products.
Breaking down deliverables into sprints and delivering value incrementally is a core principle of agile methodologies, which are highly effective for innovative digital products and cross-functional teams. This approach ensures that working software or features are delivered regularly, allowing the business to start realizing value early and provide continuous feedback for adaptation.
Fast-tracking is a schedule compression technique that overlaps phases, increasing risk, and monitoring closely ensures timely delivery of the plan, but it doesn't inherently guarantee early delivery of business value compared to an incremental approach.
Concept tested: Agile Principles, Incremental Delivery, Value-Driven Development
Source: https://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html
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Nina C.Nov 18, 2025Confirmed C on practice exam yesterday. The keywords are cross-functional and innovative, which point to an agile approach where you break work into sprints and deliver value incrementally instead of waiting for the whole project to finish.
Fatima Z.Nov 5, 2025C is your golden ticket here, and I lock it in with my VALUE cheer: V = Value delivered incrementally, A = Agile cross-functional team, L = Little sprints, U = Upfront breakdown, E = Early delivery. Whenever I see cross-functional plus innovative plus early business value on a PMP stem, I sprint straight to incremental delivery, not command-and-control scheduling or bribing folks with cash. Quick question for the group: does early business value always require a full Agile approach, or could a hybrid predictive setup still deliver incremental value if the org is not ready to go all
Samuel O.Nov 14, 2025Leaned toward D but cross-functional plus innovative means sprint it, C.
Nina C.Nov 15, 2025Agreed on C, Samuel, but the giveaway is really the cross-functional collaboration piece pointing to sprint reviews and demos, not just innovation by itself.